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Samuel Slater - Textile Mill
Using the water frame, Slater bult a textile mill and started the mill industry. -
Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
Revolutionized the cotton industry (made it more efficient). Led to a cotton boom in the south. Increased demand for slavery in the South. -
Eli Whitney - Interchangeable parts
Made machines easier to assemble and repair. Made industry more profitable. -
Robert Fulton - Steamboat
Allowed goods to be moved more easily. Increased trade and profits. -
Peter Cooper - Locomotive (in America)
Increased spped of transportation and travel (goods and people). Led to an economic boom. Increased westward expansion. -
Cyrus McCormick - Harvesting Machine Reaper
Increased wheat production because it could be cut quickly and effectively. Beginnings of advertising market. -
Samuel F. B. Morse - Telegraph
Made communication easier -
John Deere - Steel Plow
Made farming easier. -
Isaac Singer - Sewing Machine
Made clothing production more efficient.
